Islamic Scholars & Mystics 1-23
22 entries in the Islamic Scholars & Mystics compendium.
Husayn ibn AliGrandson of Muhammad and third Shia Imam, martyred at Karbala.Ibn AbbasEgyptian Maliki jurist and third murshid of the Shadhiliyya Sufi order.Ibn AbidinSon of Ali ibn al-Husayn; leader of an unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyads; martyr hoIbn ArabiSunni Muslim scholar and mystic who shaped Sufi metaphysics.Ibn Hajar al-AsqalaniForemost fifteenth-century scholar and final summation of hadith science.Ibn HazmSunni Muslim Arab scholar, Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher from al-Andalus.Ibn KathirArab exegete and historian, author of Tafsir Ibn Kathir.Ibn Qayyim al-JawziyyaHanbali jurist, theologian, and spiritual writer.Ibn TaymiyyaControversial Hanbali scholar whose works shaped modern Salafism.Ibn TumartFounder of the Almohad movement and its first spiritual leader.Ja'far al-SadiqSixth Shia Imam and founder of the Ja'fari school of law.Jabir ibn ZaydFounding figure of the Ibadi denomination of Islam.Jahm bin SafwanUmayyad theologian whose doctrines shaped early Islamic debates on God's attributes.Junayd of BaghdadPersian mystic and central figure in early Sufi doctrine.Mohammad-Baqer MajlesiSafavid-era scholar who greatly influenced the Shi'itization of Iran.Muhammad AbduhEgyptian Islamic scholar and Grand Mufti, central figure of the Arab Nahḍa and Islamic ModMuhammad al-BaqirFifth Shia Imam who shaped Twelver jurisprudence and exegesis.Muhammad al-JawadNinth Twelver Imam, known for piety and generosity.Muhammad al-MahdiTwelver Shia's hidden Imam and awaited eschatological savior.Musa al-KazimSeventh Twelver Shia Imam, known for piety and prison endurance.Mir DamadTeacher of Mulla Sadra and master of Peripatetic and Illuminationist philosophy.Mirza Ghulam AhmadFounder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam.
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